Embankment vs Bund - What's the difference?
embankment | bund |
a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road
A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks.
(pond in which fish are stored for breeding).
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.
As nouns the difference between embankment and bund
is that embankment is a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road while bund is a league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.As a verb bund is
to provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within.embankment
English
Noun
(en noun)bund
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) (term), from (etyl).Noun
(en noun)- The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds''', which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the '''bund wall. — Second progress report on the Buncefield investigation [http://www.buncefieldinvestigation.gov.uk/reports/report2.pdf]
Verb
(en verb)- Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work.
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